US EditionUkraine’s Secret Service Claims It Destroyed One of Russia’s Top-Secret ‘Oreshnik’ Missiles in 2023
- On October 31, SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk revealed Ukraine's Security Service destroyed one Oreshnik missile system at Kapustin Yar, calling the operation 100% successful.
- Malyuk said the strike occurred the summer before last, with details kept secret to protect sources and known only to Presidents including Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while the Oreshnik name was not widely used then.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Russia carried out about three test launches with three Oreshnik systems, using one and losing another, leaving at least one remaining.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Russia plans to station Oreshnik missiles in Belarus and urged sanctions on 25 companies involved, highlighting their 5,500 kilometers range threatening Europe, especially Eastern Europe.
- Officials estimate Russia will produce up to six Oreshnik missiles annually, Belarus and Russia trained with them during Zapad 2025, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed speeds up to Mach 10, which Western experts questioned.
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